[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 78 (Friday, June 16, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1188]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    A TRIBUTE TO DR. CLIFFORD YOUNG

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                          HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, June 16, 2006

  Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in recognition of Dr. Clifford 
Young, a distinguished member of the medical community. It behooves us 
to pay tribute to this outstanding leader and I hope my colleagues will 
join me in recognizing his impressive accomplishments.
  Dr. Clifford Young is affectionately known by members of the 
Brooklyn, New York community as ``The People's Doctor.'' Dr. Young is a 
man who overcame tremendous challenges to practice medicine, and then 
did his best to help people once he got his degree.
  Dr. Young was born on the multiple island nation of St. Vincent and 
the Grenadines located in the eastern Caribbean. Upon graduation from 
secondary school, he received a PAHO/WHO scholarship to the Barbados 
Community College where he studied laboratory technology. After a short 
tenure at the lab of the Kingstown General Hospital, he migrated to the 
U.S. to continue his studies. In 1980, he enrolled at Hunter College of 
the City University of New York and in 1984 he graduated with a 
bachelor's degree in chemistry. In 1989, he received a doctor of 
medicine degree from the State University of New York, Downstate 
Medical Center. After completing his residency, Dr. Young served as an 
attending physician at the Woodhull Medical Center in Brooklyn, a 
position he still holds today. Dr. Young is also an attending physician 
in the Department of Medicine at the Brookdale University Hospital, and 
is the medical director of Citi Medical of Carnasie in Brooklyn. But 
Dr. Young doesn't stop there. He is also a clinical assistant professor 
with the Department of Medicine at Downstate Medical School, SUNY; a 
Diplomat of the Medical Board of Medical Examiners, a Diplomat of the 
American Board of International Medicine and a Fellow of the American 
College of Physicians. In recognition of his outstanding charitable 
work and contributions, Dr. Young also received the Family Service 
Network of New York 2005 Community Health Award and the Thomas R. 
Fortune Professional Health Care Award in 2006.
  Dr. Young is happily married to the former Hilma Foster; they have 
two daughters, Nyasha and Chantay, and one son, Clifford Jr.
  Mr. Speaker, I believe that it is incumbent on this body to recognize 
the accomplishments of Dr. Clifford Young, a man who has made giant 
strides in the field of medicine, and whose service makes him most 
worthy of our recognition today.

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